Coin-controlled vending-machine.



No. 740,244. PATENTBD SEPT. 29, 1903.

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SPECIFICATIQNiorhiing part of Letters Patent No. 740,244, dated September 29, 1903.

Application filed November 8,1902. $erial No- 130,515. (No lIlOdBL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER MAssoN CRAM a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of 1 Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefullmprovement in Coin-Controlled Vending- Machines, of which the foliowiug is a specification.

My invention consists of I provide a simple and durable construction and which is positively actuated when a coin .is inserted.

It further consists of novel details .of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth. V

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a coin-controlled vending-machine embodying my invention.

front removed. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view on line a: m, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a sectional view of a portion of a device shown. Figs. 5,

upper portion, isprovided with the opening. 4;,which forms a communication with the chamber 5, formed in the lower portion of the casing by the partition 6, and the movable plate 7, which latter moves in guides 8 in the side walls of the casing and is provided with the handle 9, which is of the form as will best be understood from Fig. 5.

10 designates a ledge or shelf extending partway across the casing, as will best be understood from Fig. 3, and'is provided with openings 11 and suitably situated therein.

12 designates a rod which is movably mounted in the casing and is situated at a point above the ledge 10 and below the portion 13 of the casing, it being noted that the said ledge 10 projects beyond said portion 13 an improvement in coin-controlled vending-machines wherein Fig. 2 represents a perspec-. tive view of a portion of a device with the and acts as a support for the articles 14 to be sold,which will be hereinafter called boxes, it being seen that said boxes are in stacks in the upper portion of the casing 2, which is provided with a partition 15, which separates the boxes-in the present instance into two pilesand that the rear of the casing isprovided with a hinged door 16, which has the lugs or projections 17 thereon and when in closed position hold these stacks in proper position and prevent the same from improper movement.

18 designates cross-arms carried by the rod 12 and which are situated between the plates 19 and 20, which are suitably secured to-- gether and have the projecting jaws 21 thereon, which have the inturned ends 22, said plates being provided with openings 23, it being seen that the said jaws 21 are of such size as to retain therebetween one of the boxes 14 and that said plates 19 and 20 are so arranged in connection with the jaws 21 that when the same are in their normal position the space between said jaws will be directly beneath the stack of the boxes 14, as is best understood from Fig. 8, and that one of said boxes will be held between'said jaws. A suitable spring 27 is adapted to actuate said rod 12 and arms 18 to hold the same in normal position.

, If desired, I may form in the shelf or ledge 10. the recess 24, and in the portion 13 of the casing 2 I form the slots or openings 25, which are so arranged as to be situated directly over the openings 28 in the plates 19 and 20 when the latter are in normal position. It

will of course be understood that suitable locking means are provided for the door 16 and that the plates 19 and 20, with the arms 21, constitute the means for moving the boxes 14 when the coin, has been properly inserted and that I have shown in the present instance two of these actuating devices for the boxes and one of the arms 18 projecting between one of the actuating devices, while the other of the arms 18 projects between the other of the actuating devices, which construction will best be understood from Fig. 8.

The operation is as follows: The casing 7 having been suitably supplied with the boxes la and the door 16 shut and locked, the lowermost box 14 of each of the stacks will be held between the jaws 21 and will rest upon the ledge 10. If new the rod 12 is forced in without any coin being inserted, the parts being in the position seen in Fig. 3, it will be evident that the said rod 12 will move inwardly in the direction indicated by the arrow, as shown in Fig. 3, and carry with it both of the arms 18 and that the same will freely move between the plates 19 and 20 without moving the same and that when the rod 12 is released the spring 27 will return the said rod and with it the cross-arms 18 to their normal position. If, however, the coin 26 is inserted in the slot 25 in the part 13, .it will fall through the slot 23 in the plates 19 and 20 in front of the arm 18, and it will be held in this position by contacting with the.

ledge 10, and as it is situated in front of the arm 18 it will act as a stop or will serve to lock the arm 18 with respect to the plates 19 and 20 and the jaws 21, so that when the rod 12 is pushed inward it will carry with it the actuating device and the lowermost box 14, which is held between the jaws and forced over the said box into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 8'-that is, beyond the ledge 10so that it will fall downwardly, as understood from the dotted lines in Fig. 3, and striking the ledge 6 will pass to the opening 4 and be delivered to the purchaser. The plates 19 and 20 meanwhile have been carried over and pushed beneath the box 14, which was next to the lowermost box, and will support the same and the restof the stack until the parts are returned to their normal position, which will occur by releasing the rod 12, the coin 26 meanwhile falling from the slots 23 by passing through the opening 11 in the ledge 10 and being held by the movable plate 7, as seen in full lines in Fig. 3. The spring 27 causes the rod 12 to return to its normal position and carries with it the actuating device, and the box which was supported on the plate 19 falls into its proper place between the jaws 21 and the boxes above the same are lowered. When it is desired to remove the coins, by opening the door 16 the plate 7 can be moved from its normal position by grasping the handle 9 and drawing the same in the direction indicated by the arrow at, Fig. 3, thus permitting the coin or coins to pass through the suitable space,

as shown in Fig. 4, after which the same can be gathered up. It will be noticed from Fig. 4 that the cross-bar 18 when in engagement with the coin 26 is situated at a slight distance from the piece 28, which forms the connection between the plates 19 and 20, leaving a space 29 therebetween. The advantages I derive from this are that when the rod 12 is released the spring 27 forces out the said rod immediately the distance of the space 29, carrying with it the cross-arm 18, so that the pressure on the coin 26 is released and the coin will positively fall through the opening 11.

It will be evident that various changes may be made by those skilled in theart which will come within the scope of my invention, and I do not, therefore, desire to be limited in every instance to the exact construction herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a coin-controlled vending-machine,an article-delivery slide consisting of upper and lower plates provided with coincident slots with a connecting portion at one end and at the opposite end provided with projecting jaws extending in a plane intermediate said plates and having inturned ends.

2. In a coin-controlled vending-machine, a pair of parallel plates connected at their forward and rear end, said plates having near their rear ends coincident vertical slots, jaws projecting from between said plates at the opposite end, said jaws having inturned ends at a distance from the end of the plates.

3. In a coin-controlled vending-machine, a pair of parallel plates connected at their forward and rear end, said plates having near their rear ends coincident vertical slots, jaws projecting from between said plates at the opposite end, said jaws having inturned ends at a distance from the end of the plates, said plates being separated, combined with a spring-actuated rod having a lateral arm movable in the space between said plates and confined between the connections between the plates at the front and rear ends.

WALTER. MASSON CRAM.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. CANER WIEDERSHEIM. 

